Computational Complexity and other fun stuff in math and computer science from Lance Fortnow and Bill Gasarch

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Math-Love Songs

Guest Post from Weblog VJ Bill Gasarch

These aren't songs about loving math, these are love songs that
use math as a way to express love. There are three that I know of
(if you know more let me know).
I'm not counting THEORY
GIRL which is more of a Comp Sci song.

Lyrics are great!
Math is actually HARD!
Singing quality–they shouldn't quit their day jobs.
Video Quality–they just stand around singing.
(Actually they are grad students so its not clear they
have day jobs.)

From SQUARE ONE TV, an old PBS show about math (in a low level)
that had some nice satires and songs in it.
I watched it when I was younger (when I was 30 actually)
Lyrics are nice!
Math is easy.
Singing quality is pretty good.
Video quality–very good for content and quality.
I think this IS their day job.

Also from Square One.
Lyrics are great!
Math is easy.
Singing quality is pretty good.
Video quality–very good for content, but quality is fuzzy.
(I've got a better quality video of this in my collection.)
I think this IS their day job.

Holy Cow, I remember seeing "The Mathematics of Love" on TV when I was about 10. I even remembered that the main singer guy was Phoenician. I remember quite a few math songs from Square 1 TV including Weird Al's "Patterns" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8szBpqlsn_o

On the general scientific side, there's Coldplay's Scientist:"I was just guessin' at numbers and figures,Pulling your puzzles apart.Questions of science, science and progressDo not speak as loud as my heart."